The Scottish Health Survey defines binge drinking for adultsas drinking more than twice the recommended daily benchmark on a person’s heaviestdrinking day (more than eight units for men and more than six units for women).For young people under 16, consumption of five or more drinks on a single occasionhas been used as a measure of binge drinking.AdultsTable 1.9 of the ScottishHealth Survey report, volume 2, provides information on units consumed by adultson the heaviest drinking day in the past week, broken down by age and gender for1998 and 2003. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/76169/0019729.pdfAnalysis of the Scottish HealthSurvey by NHS board area is available on the Scottish Executive website...